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downthesun. That's one word and all lower case letters. A band from Kansas City with a motto borrowed from Charles Manson: Take the "F" out of life. Slipknot member Shawn "Clown" Crahan formed the band, together with bass player Lance "Kuk" Collier and sample operator Church. Clown isn't a member of the band, but he is involved as the executive producer. The name downthesun means "they draw down energy from the sun, to create their own circle of magic."
downthesun has two singers, Aaron and Satone. Aaron, who has the most melodic voice of the two, represents the good. Satone is best at screaming and grunting, and he represents evil. Together, with the other four band members, they form, as they call it, "The Six."
This album is like a fight between the two singers, between good and evil. Listening to the music, evil wins most of the time. Only on 'Listen' and 'Eye Confide' does the melodic voice of Aaron get the upper hand. The combination of the two voices doesn't always work well. During the song 'Lucas Toole,' for instance, the vocals of Satone sound a bit forced, and maybe annoying too. But in spite of this, downthesun have created some great songs on this record. It is a very disturbing album, with an important role for Church, the so-called sample operator. The electronics he adds to some of the songs give the music a dramatic and ominous effect. But this also goes for the other songs. 'We All Die,' for example, has a hypnotising guitar riff in the background.
Last song 'Revelations,' then, is the most disturbing song on this record. But in a negative way. It is a jam that never gets started, and, unfortunately, is sixteen minutes long. A total waste of solar energy.
Listening to this debut record of downthesun is like having a nightmare in which you are lost in a dark and dangerous maze. And although you secretly hope you can stay a little bit longer, you hurry to find the exit.
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